#8E2D41#8E2D41

#8E2D41 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.131 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D41
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 54.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 42.40, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 43.73, 14.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1282 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.131 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0490, 8.0109, 5.8591)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D41 #2D8E7A

analogous

#8E2D72 #8E2D41 #8E4A2D

triadic

#8E2D41 #418E2D #2D418E

tetradic

#8E2D41 #728E2D #2D8E7A #4A2D8E

square

#8E2D41 #728E2D #2D8E7A #4A2D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D41 #2D8E4A #2D728E

monochromatic

#311016 #601E2C #8E2D41 #BC3C56 #CF677C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8E2D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8E2D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D41

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D41	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1B35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.131 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c75',
    500: '#8e2d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d41;
$custom-light: #b46c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.629,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44769,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D41

secondary

#61B5A4

accent

#DBBE4C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D41

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